Is the boat from Wilderness Lodge to Contemporary back in service?

[wammers2003]

Is the boat from Wilderness Lodge to Contemporary back in service and if not, is there a timeline anyone is aware of?

Thank you!

 

[JBelle19]

I don't think it is

 

[Schneewittchen37]

It wasn't running when I stayed at Ft. Wilderness in April. Actually all the of the information about the blue flag launches was gone.

It will be a mess if they don't have it up and running by the time Hoop Dee Doo re-opens in late June.

And I seriously miss Marty the singing boat captain. He seemed to do the late night blue flag route. I wonder if he retired....

 

[Gehrig1B]

No boat to the other resorts currently running from WL and no word when/if it will return.

 

[wabbott]

It will be a mess if they don't have it up and running by the time Hoop Dee Doo re-opens in late June.

This. Hope someone from management browses these threads.

 

[Her Dotness]

We asked in November when that route might return and were told it's out-of-service indefinitely.

The tone and expression of the skipper led me to suspect there are no plans to bring it back.

 

[CarolynFH]

It will be a mess if they don't have it up and running by the time Hoop Dee Doo re-opens in late June.

Why do you think that? Won't most guests be coming from MK via the direct MK to FW boat anyway? Or did the CR to FW/WL boat carry a lot of HDD guests as well?

 

[Mazz519]

Its not up and running....This is one of our favorite things to do when staying at WLV... especially early morning.... Hope it returns for our September trip this year

 

[Schneewittchen37]

Why do you think that? Won't most guests be coming from MK via the direct MK to FW boat anyway? Or did the CR to FW/WL boat carry a lot of HDD guests as well?

I've been staying at Fort Wilderness for years. I think a ton of Contemporary and Wilderness Lodge guests visited for the dinner show and recreation opportunities. The blue flag boats were never empty in the evenings.

 

[CarolynFH]

I've been staying at Fort Wilderness for years. I think a ton of Contemporary and Wilderness Lodge guests visited for the dinner show and recreation opportunities. The blue flag boats were never empty in the evenings.

I didn’t realize the numbers were so large coming from CR and WL. We’ve enjoyed that boat route too. I guess that the WL guests will at least have the direct bus to FW, but the CR guests will have to walk to the MK boat dock?

 

[Beachmom0317]

I didn’t realize the numbers were so large coming from CR and WL. We’ve enjoyed that boat route too. I guess that the WL guests will at least have the direct bus to FW, but the CR guests will have to walk to the MK boat dock?

That would be the easiest way if you are staying at CR. Go to MK and boat. Or you could monorail to MK

 

[PalmettoPath]

We asked about this in March and we were told that the issue is a shortage of captains. With covid, many just called it a day and hung up their captain's hats. We were told they were actively recruiting and training a large number of new captains and that is the reason those routes are not up and running yet (but were expected to be at some point this year).

 

[TwoDoodles]

We asked about this in March and we were told that the issue is a shortage of captains. With covid, many just called it a day and hung up their captain's hats. We were told they were actively recruiting and training a large number of new captains and that is the reason those routes are not up and running yet (but were expected to be at some point this year).

On the Grand Floridian & Poly boat last week, the ‘driver’ said she received 6 days training for boat handling… I wasn’t sure if I should be impressed or concerned!

 

[PatMcDuck]

We were told it would return once the Contemporary room renovations were complete.

 

[Her Dotness]

That would be the easiest way if you are staying at CR. Go to MK and boat. Or you could monorail to MK

Ummm, no, don't get on the monorail to go to MK! It'll be a 40-45 minute ride since the monorail goes CR-TTC-Poly-GF and then to MK.

It's only a 15-minute walk from CR to the MK, by far the easiest way to get to the FtW boat dock.

 

[We’veGotEars]

Any idea if this route is open yet? Staying at WL in March

 

[CJK]

Any idea if this route is open yet? Staying at WL in March

Sadly, no. No word on when/if it will ever return.

 

[Ariel620]

Reviving this thread. Is the WL/contemporary boat still down? Any word on if it will return?

 

[We’veGotEars]

Reviving this thread. Is the WL/contemporary boat still down? Any word on if it will return?

We were just there in March and it was not back. To go to the contemporary we just took the boat to MK and walked over.

 

[CarolynFH]

Any word on if it will return?

It's been reported that the general manager at the Contemporary doesn't want to pay for it (the three resorts WL, CR, FW would share the cost). I don't think there's been any confirmation of that, so take it as a rumor, not as fact.